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Bishop Perez rallies pastors, parish volunteers as 2018 Catholic Charities Annual Appeal approaches

Organizers of the Catholic Charities Annual Appeal are having meetings throughout the diocese to share details of the 2018 Annual Appeal with pastors and parish volunteers. Bishop Nelson Perez has been attending the meetings, including one on Jan. 16 at Immaculate Conception Parish in Willoughby where he thanked attendees for making Catholic Charit...

Maria looks toward citizenship

Maria was 15 when she, her sister and mother arrived in the United States from Mexico in 2000. They never left after coming to visit her father, who had been living and working in the U.S. since 1991. Although she was not comfortable sharing too many details, Maria and her family settled in Greater Cleveland, where she attended public schools, gra...

Bishop delivers keynote address at Martin Luther King Jr. Day program

Bishop Nelson Perez spent his first Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the Diocese of Cleveland sharing thoughts on the late civil rights leader with a packed house at the Cleveland Public Library?s Martin Luther King Jr. Branch. The bishop was the keynote speaker at Drum Majors for Change, the library?s 33rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative...

Mass for Immigrants, Migrants and Refugees focuses on diversity, unity in the Church

Hundreds of people packed into St. Michael the Archangel Church on Cleveland?s West Side for the annual Mass for Immigrants, Migrants and Refugees on Jan. 14. Bishop Nelson Perez celebrated the liturgy, which incorporated the culture and languages of many participating nationalities. The bishop acknowledged the diversity of the congregation, notin...

February 2018 luncheon speakers for the First Friday Clubs are announced

The three First Friday Club luncheon speakers series in the Diocese of Cleveland will hold their respective luncheons beginning at noon on Thursday, Feb. 1 and at noon on Friday, Feb. 2. Ed Plaspohl will be the guest speaker at the First Friday Club of Cleveland on Thursday, Feb. 1. [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=1327 linktext='Flier>' /] Father P...

In Remembrance - Reverend John S. Juhas

Bishop Nelson Perez will be the main celebrant and Father Rob Reidy will be homilist at the Jan. 13 funeral Mass at St. Thomas More Church, for Father John S. Juhas, senior priest-retired. The wake will begin with vespers at 3 p.m. Jan. 12 at St. Thomas More, 4170 Amber Drive, Brooklyn, and will continue until 8 p.m. Auxiliary Bishop emeritus Ro...

Main entrance to All Souls Cemetery in Chardon closed due to safety concerns

The main entrance to All Souls Cemetery, Chardon, Ohio, will be closed due to safety concerns. The brick veneer on the bridge is collapsing and could cause injury. Every effort is being made to reopen the tunnel as soon as all safety issues are addressed. Please use the alternate entrance to the cemetery located off of Kirtland-Chardon Rd. We apo...